CEA urges supercommittee to authorize spectrum auctions

The Consumer Electronics Association, a trade group, urged the debt supercommittee to include spectrum auctions in the deficit-reduction plan it will send to Congress.

Auctions would reduce the deficit and make more spectrum available for wireless devices, the group said. "This pro-growth, bipartisan policy would bring billions in revenue to the United States Treasury, while advancing innovation and spurring economic growth," wrote Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the CEA, in a letter to Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), the heads of the supercommittee.